Hockey
· Hockey is two teams that try 2 score in a small goal with pucks and hockey sticks

· A team is not allowed to have more than 6 players on the ice at one time

· A game has 3 twenty minute periods and 15 minute intervals between the first and second periods

· If no goal is scored in overtime, a shootout will occur

· The only difference between men and women’s ice hockey is that there is no physical violence in women’s ice hockey

· Hockey made its Olympic debut in the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp

· The 1998 Olympics were the first time ever that professionals were allowed to participate in Ice Hockey

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Canada and the United states have been very competitive in the Olympics when it comes to ice hockey

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http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Sports/
· http://www.nbcolympics.com/

· http://www.topendsports.com/events/winter/sports/


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